ETA Editor's Note: From DSA's "Summary of New and Amended 2025 California Building Code (CBC) Regulations for Accessibility in the Triennial Code Cycle": "Section was amended to clarify...
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11B-809.1 General
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11B-215.1 General
Exception: In existing facilities, visible alarms for fire alarm systems shall not be required except where an existing fire alarm system is upgraded or replaced, or a new fire alarm system...
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11B-240.1.1 Additions
Where play areas are designed and constructed in phases, the requirements of Section 11B-240 shall apply to each successive addition so that when the addition is completed, the entire play...
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11B-240.1.1 Additions
Where play areas are designed and constructed in phases, the requirements of Section 11B-240 shall apply to each successive addition so that when the addition is completed, the entire play...
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We often see projects of gas station replacing old fuel dispensers with access compliance fuel dispensers (reach range, operable parts, point-of-sale). According to Section 11B-202.4, Exception 10, these projects would be required to comply with accessibility for primary accessible path to inside the convenient store at the gas station, public restrooms, drinking fountains, public telephones, and signs (with 20-percent limit of adjusted construction cost). Is my understanding correct regarding the replacement of old/addition of new fuel dispensers?
RESPONSE: Exception 10 to Section 11B-202.4 is only applicable to the installation of EVCS – the exception does not apply to gasoline filling equipment. However, Section 11B-202.4...
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Avoid the extremes of surface reflectivity and contrast (slides 11 and 13)
As we’re talking about stairs, one of the worst stairs I’ve ever seen is the main exit stair out of Penn Station in New York....
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Introduction
These new APS deliver crossing indications to the waiting pedestrian at the departure curb rather than from overhead, as in older technology, and permit speaker volume to be set at a significantly...
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Wheelchairs and other power-driven mobility devices.
These new or adapted mobility aids benefit individuals with disabilities, but also present new challenges for public accommodations and commercial facilities....
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Wheelchairs and other power-driven mobility devices.
These new or adapted mobility aids benefit individuals with disabilities, but also present new challenges for state and local governments. ...
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Design of Shared Use Paths, Street Intersections, and Midblock Crossings
This is an important discovery, confirming what some professionals have suspected: that a number of our design guidelines need to be changed or expanded, and/or new ones added....
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Accessible Teeing Grounds, Putting Greens, and Weather Shelters
Section 1006.3.2 of the 2010 Standards requires that where curbs or other constructed barriers prevent golf cars from entering a fairway, openings 60 inches wide minimum shall be provided...
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SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION
Additionally, under Section 504, a recipient of federal financial assistance must install ADAAG- or UFAS-compliant curb ramps at intersections whenever it newly constructs or alters sidewalks...
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General description of monetized benefits for water closet clearance in single-user toilet rooms—in-swinging doors (Req. # 32)
Based on construction industry data, it was estimated that approximately 3 percent of existing single-user toilet rooms with in-swinging doors would be altered each year, and that the number...
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General description of monetized benefits for water closet clearance in single-user toilet rooms—in-swinging doors (Req. # 32)
Based on construction industry data, it was estimated that approximately 3 percent of existing single-user toilet rooms with in-swinging doors would be altered each year, and that the number...
- Tork Elevation® Foam Soap Automatic Dispenser White
- Kompan, Inc. Electronic Playgrounds ICON1012 Space
- Delta Single Handle Lavatory Faucet 592-DST
- Tork Elevation® Foam Soap Automatic Dispenser Black
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229 Windows
229 Windows A new requirement at section 229.1 of the 2010 Standards provides that if operable windows are provided for building users, then at least one window in an accessible space...
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B. M301 Diagnostic Equipment Used by Patients in a Supine, Prone, or Side-lying Position and M302 Diagnostic Equipment Used by Patients in a Seated Position
New exceptions pertaining to weight scales and to the type of equipment that must comply with M301 and the decision to remove the armrest requirements from M302, are also discussed below...
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Class Notice
Class Notice - The City shall, publish notice of the Settlement Agreement in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily News, and La Opinion, in addition to its website....
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Directions to and through the Usable Circulation Path
Because this technology is new to the market, such devices and systems are not discussed here; however, emergency evacuation personnel and people with disabilities may want to investigate...
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What is best way to provide accessible curb-side EVCS (like parallel parking)?
You may wish to refer to the new CBC Chapter 11B provisions as “guidelines” because they were crafted to address vehicle spaces that are parallel to the vehicular way as well as the more...